On March 24th, 2018, around 800,000 people around the world marched for common sense gun control, according to the organizers of March For Our Lives.

Not only are they calling on Congress to make constructive policy changes, but they’re also calling on prospective voters to utilize their right to vote.

According to CNN, voter turnout for one of the most polarized elections in history was the lowest it had been in 20 years, hovering around 55%.

Although it was the lowest it had been in two decades, voter turnout in national elections rarely ever make it over 60%, and midterm elections reach even lower numbers on the scale.

The reason why this is important is because American society runs on those who show up. If we want legitimate change to occur than it must be up to us to get involved.

Even with the idea of marching and protesting becoming more popular and accepted amongst members of the public, marching can only do so much to bring about change.

So now is the time for a major shift in how things work. It’s simple: congress members start putting our lives over their greed or we vote them out.

Many citizens don’t even know who the congress member for their district is, and that’s a problem. We are having people run our government that we don’t know if we can trust, and they continue to fail in protecting the people they have supposedly  dedicated their entire lives to serve. The founding fathers would be mortified at what we have become.

As a young generation, we need to sound the wake up call. Others have had their chance, but with this movement growing, we can be the change we wish to see in the world.